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The growth in “I hope they die” reactions to politics is quite interesting, it would be a good thing to study. The growth of anonymous internet communications is a major factor in it becoming so prevalent but there’s other factors as well. A demographic breakdown would be interesting, the feeling from looking at t is that there’s a split between angry self-absorbed boomers and extremely online socially awkward 20 somethings.

It seems more prominent on the left than the right but actual violence would be a lot more likely from the right. A person saying they want you to die on Twitter night tend to be a leftie but a rightie is more likely to actually attack you or worse.

The growth in “I hope they die” reactions to politics is quite interesting, it would be a good thing to study. The growth of anonymous internet communications is a major factor in it becoming so prevalent but there’s other factors as well. A demographic breakdown would be interesting, the feeling from looking at t is that there’s a split between angry self-absorbed boomers and extremely online socially awkward 20 somethings.

It seems more prominent on the left than the right but actual violence would be a lot more likely from the right. A person saying they want you to die on Twitter night tend to be a leftie but a rightie is more likely to actually attack you or worse.

It’s a bi-product of binary politics. No room for discussion so it’s all out love/hate.